Antonio Porchia Quotes

Italian Argentinian poet (1885–1968)

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Antonio Porchia (13 November 1886 – 9 November 1968) was an Italian-born Argentine writer. His sole book Voces ("Voices") is a collection of aphorisms.

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Sometimes what I want and what I don’t want make so many concessions to each other that they end up looking alike.

The cold is a good counselor, but it is cold.

My bits of time play with eternity.

Mientras creemos tener algún valor, nos hacemos daño.

Palabras que me dijeron en otros tiempos, las oigo hoy.

Ser alguien es ser alguien solo. Ser alguien es soledad.

They’ll say you’re walking down the wrong path, if you’re walking down your path.

I wanted to reach what was right on the right paths. And so I began to live mistaken.

Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.

Sí, trataré de ser. Porque creo que es orgullo no ser.

Se apiadan de las víctimas, las víctimas.

Man lives measuring, and he’s the measure of nothing. Not even of himself.

Si yo te diera la vida, ¿qué podría darte?

Cuando no ando en las nubes, ando como perdido.

El verdadero “está bien” me lo digo en el suelo, caído.